Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A holder for carrying a telephone on the head of a user near the user's ear comprising: a flexible headband having first and second ends and including a pair of contiguous resilient bands adjustably coupled together to allow said bands to be moved relative to one another to lengthen and shorten the length of said headband, said headband being bendable between a curled closed position and a generally U-shaped open position for placement upon the user's head with an end on either side thereof; a contact piece coupled to said first end of said headband adapted for placement on one side of the user's head; an arm having first and second connecting portions, said arm first portion being pivotally connected to said second end of said headband; a plate pivotally connected to said arm second portion; an elastic strap fixed to said plate adapted to be wrapped around said telephone to releasably hold said telephone adjacent said plate with said telephone located between said plate and the side of the user's head opposite said contact piece, whereby the pivotal connections enable the telephone to be positioned at various angles to the user's head and on either side thereof; wherein said plate includes a pair of spaced holes and said strap extends through said holes and is held therein; wherein said second end of the headband has a hole defined therein, said arm first portion has a raised knob adapted to be inserted through said hole and held thereby, and said arm second portion is generally T-shaped with extending arms pivotally coupled to a cooperating mounting carded by said plate and wherein said second end of the headband has a projection and said arm has a plurality of cooperating recesses to releasably lock said plate in a user selected position when said projection is aligned in one of said recesses.
2. The holder of claim 1 wherein said first end of the headband has a hole defined therein and said contact piece is a suction cup with a raised knob adapted to be inserted through said hole and held thereby.
3. The holder of claim 1 wherein each of said bands has inner and outer ends and includes a bracket adjacent its inner end with each band passing through the bracket of the other band.
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March 24, 2009
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